By: Dominic Jones
Today at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto, members of the Hasbro Star Wars took the stage give fans a peak behind the scenes at the making of Star Wars action figures, as well as make some reveals of upcoming products. The big reveals were that Captain Phasma will be coming to The Vintage Collection 3.75" scale line, and that Solo baddie Dryden Vos will be featured in 6" scale Black Series line. You can see those two figures below,
For a moment-by-moment account of the panel from Fan Expo, below is a recap of my live tweets from the presentation,
The Hasbro #StarWars panel (first ever in Canada) has begun! Panelists are Andrea Demacio, Sam Smith (Designer) and Steven Gilbert #FXC18 pic.twitter.com/pLAOKDiHnL— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
Hasbro panel begins with giveaways of all the Comic Con and Fan Expo exclusives....the crowd is loving it! #StarWars #FXC18— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
Moving on with the Hasbro panel, with a quick recap of some past reveals, starting with the prequel Force FX lightsabers! #StarWars #FXC18 pic.twitter.com/iSjBV9Qoch— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
(Apologies about the stormtrooper in the way, fortunately he was asked to move fairly early on into the panel. A request he dutifully fulfilled.)Now they are recapping the recent 6" Black Series reveals, with an emphasis on #Solo figures #StarWars #FXC18 pic.twitter.com/jqSaDTWe0h— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
Ezra 6" black series will have a brand new type of neck joints! #StarWars #FXC18 #StarWarsRebels pic.twitter.com/oWf3jz976x— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
Phasma's eye will have the photo real printing tech applied to it #FXC18 #StarWars #TheLastJedi pic.twitter.com/sEA6kaLC33— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
Starting in 2019, all Vintage Collection features will utilize the photoreal paint scheme #Hasbro #FXC18 #StarWars pic.twitter.com/Qg8oCixvlu— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
Figures coming to The Vintage Collection in 2019 #StarWars #Hasbro #FXC18 pic.twitter.com/DzwwsG1erq— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
History of the Black Series packaging, vehicles, crearures, and role play #Hasbro #StarWars #FXC18 pic.twitter.com/fCZIIvhl07— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
Behind the scenes of the process the #Hasbro team goes through to design and make the black series figures (Part 1) #StarWars #FXC18 pic.twitter.com/CUgymwmyaI— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
Behind the scenes of the process the #Hasbro team goes through to design and make the black series figures (Part 2) #StarWars #FXC18 pic.twitter.com/CegrPw9v9V— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
Captain Phasma is coming to Vintage Collection and Dryden Vos is coming to the Black Series! Vos' face scars will change depending on depending on the temperature of the room! #Hasbro #FXC18 #StarWars #Solo #TheLastJedi pic.twitter.com/NWzoDcKF3w— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
Seen on #HasbroPulse: @StarWars The Vintage Collection Phasma Figure just revealed at @FanExpoCanada! Available early ’19. #FXC18 #FanExpoCanada2018 pic.twitter.com/QS3iRdoz5o— Hasbro (@HasbroNews) August 31, 2018
Seen on #HasbroPulse: @StarWars The Black Series Dryden Vos 6-inch Figure just revealed at @FanExpoCanada! Available early ’19. #FXC18 #FanExpoCanada2018 pic.twitter.com/OMA0pqi6Lm— Hasbro (@HasbroNews) August 31, 2018
Time for Q&A, so far the questions have related to the future of Haslab (more is coming, but no announcements yet) #Hasbro #FXC18 #StarWars pic.twitter.com/uXUuTghhdr— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
Lots of excitement about the idea of future of 6" scale vehicles, only comitment from Hasbro is that they won't make a Ghost (it's too big, bigger than the Millennium Falcon) #Hasbro #FXC18 #StarWars— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
Other #Hasbro panel quick-fire Q&A:— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
-Vintage Revan only comes with one lightsaber
-They can't talk about Galaxy's Edge plans yet
-Announcements about Resistance and Clone Wars products will have to come later
-No plans to change the Black Series packaging#StarWars #FXC18
More #Hasbro panel quick-fire Q&A:— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
-Double jointed elbows are a rarity because they generally don't look good on #StarWars figures (though they do it occasionally, when it makes sense)
-Lots of excitement for the idea of a Ahsoka vs Vader diorama (like the Rey vs Kylo exclusive)
Question about the return of micro-machines. No definitive plans for bringing back smaller scale vehicles. #Hasbro #FXC18 #StarWars— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
It's a wrap on the #Hasbro #StarWars panel at #FXC18! Huge thanks to the Hasbro team for a fun hour and cool reveals!— The Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) August 31, 2018
We will have more coverage of Fan Expo Canada throughout the weekend, so make sure you're following @TheSWU on Intsagram and Twitter.
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